Transcriptome analysis of the digestive organs of Hodotermopsis sjostedti, a lower termite that hosts mutualistic microorganisms in its hindgut

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-406

  Yuki, Masahiro ^a,b   Moriya, Shigeharu ^a,b   Inoue, Tetsushi ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodefense; EST; Quantitative RT PCR; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLULASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, INSECT; ISOPTERA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; ISOPTERA;

EID: 45449098755     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.401     Document Type: Article

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